Week 12 Tech Tip: Google Timer

This week I read on another blog about the google timer and thought this would be a great thing to experience for myself! Especially since I have been trying to time manage better. Well, what do ya know? That thing is awesome! I had it set for ten minutes so that I could take a brain break from studying earlier today. Ten minutes later it started making noise and back to the books I went! I would definitely recommend this to others who are in need of help managing their study time. I may also use this in the future to help manage how much time I spend on other websites outside of my school work. Since so much of homework and school work is done on a computer, it can become difficult to not get distracted. This is a great tool that I will be using from now on!

Week 12 Learning Challenges: The Whole Box of Crayons

I really liked this image because it reminded me to enjoy life as it is happening and utilize everything that is given to us! I think that sometimes I get so busy that I forget to smell the roses, or color with the whole box of crayons. I think that each 'crayon' has a particular purpose and a different perspective that might be the most common! I will definitely be keeping this in mind moving forward! Plus, who doesn't love to color?

Yay coloring!! from oulbh

Week 12 Growth Mindset: Difficult is Not Impossible

This week has been extremely busy! So it seemed like the perfect time to reflect on growth mindset. So with that in mind I chose the phrase: "Difficult is not impossible!".

I was put in charge of several things this week for my sorority all while balancing two tests, a group project, and an article review! I think that pushing through this week has taught me that some self-perseverance and good time management can never go to waste. I am going to continue trying to remember this mantra through finals week as more stressful events come my way!

Cats and doors don't always mix from growthmindsetmemes

 

 

Week 12 Reading Diary: Celtic Fairy Tales Cont.

I am continuing to read the Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs. 

The first story is about a King and his beloved goose. They both become ill and the Saint Kavin saves the goose in return for whatever the land the goose flies over after being healed. The king keeps his word and is blessed by the saint. I liked this story because very rarely do you see animals like a goose becoming mans best friend.

The next story is about a fairy who marries the kings daughter, but in order to do so must make a laughing goblin laugh. The reason he has stopped laughing is quite horrific and filled with riddles/puzzles. I liked that element of the story because it makes you think about the situation and what you would do in their shoes.

The third story is very sad for me because Gellert the greyhound dies in it. However, it does show a good moral of trust and checking everything before making judgements.

The next story is about a man who sets off to find work to support himself and his wife. He finds a farmer who gives him advice instead of wages. The three pieces of advice come into play as the man returns home to his wife which end up saving his life and making them known to the lord of their land. This one certainly has a strong moral of "Honesty is the best policy".

The fifth story is about an old man named Andrew Coffey an he is terrorized by a ghost in a nightmare. When he wakes up from the nightmare all is as he left it!

The last story is about twins being stolen and replaced by elvish children. The mother finally figures it out with the help of an old wise man in the village. All of these stories have very interesting names for locations and they seemed to be named after exactly what happened there.

Gellert the Greyhound from Tales and Tails

Week 12 Reading Diary: Celtic Fairy Tales

This week I chose to read the Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs.

The first story in this reading is about the son of a king disappearing with a fairy woman! It is a good story and reminds me of snow white due to the apple element. The son only ate this one apple that kept regrowing for an entire month!

The next story is about leprechauns! A man meets a leprechaun that tells him his beer is made with heath and that it is a family secret. Tom, the man, tries to get the beer but can't and instead spills it all over the place. The leprechaun tricks him then by taking him to a place where his gold is supposed to be, but it is not!

The third story is about witches who trick a woman into letting them weave and scare her family. The woman receives help from the Spirit in the Well and saves her family. She also scares the witches away and creates enchantment to keep them out the next time they try to come in. It appears that tricks and magical creatures are a large part of the Celtic Fairy Tales.

The next two stories are about a man who marries a lake deity and a tailor. The marriage story has the woman marry the man, but will leave if he hits her three times for no reason. He ends up accidentally hitting her three times and so she leaves. The tailor story is about a tailor having to sew a pair of trousers in a graveyard as a dare by a lord. He wins the bet and receives the award, but he had to sew while a great scary spirit tried to keep him distracted and even chased him all the way back to the lord's castle!

The sixth story is a cumulative tale, which was interesting to read. It builds on itself and every time the man is looking for something new he adds it to his list. I liked this style, and might try to include it in another storytelling!

The last story in this part of the unit is a Celtic version of Snow White about Silver-Tree and her daughter Gold-Tree. It has a lot of the same elements but was fun to read because it shared another narrative style on the classic story!

Silver-Tree trying to poison her daughter from sacred-texts